Barn broom



Aug. 7, 1928.

R. F. BTEMAN BARN zRooM Filed April 13, 1927 I ITNESS:

Patente'd ug. 7, 1928.

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Appfication filed April 13,'1927. Serial No. 183,513.

combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the acconipanying drawings andspecifically pointed' out in the appended claim.

In describing myinvention in detail, reference will be had to theacconipany'ing drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 2-'Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of the improved broom., 'Figurel is asection on line 2-2 of Figure 1. i

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the spring metal pieces.

' which, on its-under face, is provided with a number of longitudinallyextending grooves 2. Instead of using bristles for this bi'oom,

Iiuse small strips 3 of spring metal which are of L shape with theirshort arms resting in the bottoms of the grooves and the strips are heldin the grooves by the filling pieces 4 which act to (wedge the strips'in the grooves, These pieces are held in place by the. screws 5. Eachstrip 3 has a pair of tongues 6 punched Vtherefrom which are driven intothe side walls of the grooves, as

shown in Figure 2, so that the strips are held in place even after thepieces 4 are re- In these views, 1 indicates the broom head moved. Ofcourse, a. damaged strip 8 can be easily removed and a new onesubstituted after a piece 4, is taken out of the groove and then thesaid piece l is replaced, the tongues acting to temporarily hold thestrips in po- .sition while the-pieces 4 are being removed or replaced.w i

I prefer to use three rows of strips 8, as shown in the drawings, withthe strips in the outer rows in alignment while the strips in the innerrow are out of alignment with the strips of the outer rows, as clearlyshown in Figure 1. This arrangement of strips will insure thoroughcleaning of the surface o ver which the broom is passing.

A handle 7 is fastened to the head and a wire brace 8 connects thehandle to the ends of the head.

' It will thus be seen that I have provided a broom which is essentiallydesigned for Cleaning barns, stables and the like. the spring metalstrlps acting to push material 'along the surface over which the broomis passing.

p It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent`` I desire it tobe understood that I may make changes in the construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts, provide-d that suchchanges fall within the scope of the appended claini.

` Vhat I claini is A broom'of the class described comprising a headhaving grooves therein, a plurality of spring metal stripsof L-shapchaving their shorter arms seated in the grooves, eachstrip having atongue struck therefroin which is adapted to be pressed into the side ofthe groove and a filling piece inserted in each groove and bcaring onthe shorter arms for holding the spring metal strips therein. Intestimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

' RAYMOND F. BATEMAN.

